Hi

I apologize in advance if I missed the information in the archives and Mr. Oliver's web site.   

I'm a new bee keeper and am planning to use an OA dribble 5 or 6 days after installing packaged bees in my hives. 

I saw a reference to using 20 ml per seam of a water OA solution instead of 5 ml of a sugar solution.
    http://scientificbeekeeping.com/oxalic-acid-treatment-table/

    Update 15 July 2019: A recent study by Toomema (https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2018.1486695), 
    suggests that the oxalic dribble can be equally effective if a more dilute solution of OA in water
    alone (5 g OA dihydrate/1 L water) is applied at the greater rate of 20 mL/comb space of bees, rather than 5 mL.  

What are your opinions about using the 20ml water solution versus 5ml sugar solution of OA?

Regards
Mike Brown

New London NH

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